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Mozilla and Unity partner to make the browser one of Unity’s many available...
Follow all of GamesBeat’s coverage from the 2014 Game Developers Conference here. Mozilla is at it again, taking yet another step toward its goal of making web-based gaming a real thing. Today,...
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The DeanBeat: If you blinked, you don’t know how big the mobile gaming...
It feels like mobile gaming is changing so fast that we could use quarterly or maybe daily updates on the state of the industry. That’s why it was good to hang out at the Mobile Gaming USA event in San...
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The game academy's new board signals the shift to digital gaming (exclusive)
Call it a gradual palace coup. But the leadership of video game creators — once dominated by the makers of console video games — has made a definite shift toward digital games such as mobile, social,...
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Apple to deliver 'Metal' platform for high-end games on iOS
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple likely made some creators of high-end video games happy today. At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced a new platform technology for game developers, dubbed Metal,...
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Here are our big speakers for GamesBeat 2014: Peter Molyneux, Zynga's Clive...
I’m very proud to announce today more must-see speakers for GamesBeat 2014, our game-industry conference that takes place Sept. 15 and Sept. 16 at the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Our next...
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Sony and Unity extend their partnership for providing game engine tools for...
Sony Computer Entertainment and Unity Technologies have extended their strategic partnership, enabling PlayStation game developers to get more access to Unity’s game engine tools at no additional cost....
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The DeanBeat: Tearing down barriers to games and building them back up
It is time to recognize a new cycle in the game business. It’s not the “boom-and-bust cycle” that previously bedeviled the console game industry. This one is different. This cycle raises barriers to...
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Everyplay mobile gamer survey shows 1% of users account for 29% of spending
About 1 percent of mobile gamers — dubbed whales — account for 29 percent of all spending in mobile games. This one of the facts that came out of Everyplay‘s survey of mobile gamers, who are fast...
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Unity Technologies CTO declares the company isn't up for sale
Joachim Ante, the co-founder and chief technology officer at Unity Technologies, said in a forum post that his company isn’t up for sale. The post contradicts reports, including one that we published,...
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John Riccitiello sets out to identify the engine of growth for Unity...
EXCLUSIVE: John Riccitiello, the former chief executive of Electronic Arts, was named the CEO of game engine maker Unity Technologies on Wednesday. He replaced David Helgason, who co-founded the...
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Fuse Powered acquires 2D game engine maker Corona Labs (exclusive)
Fuse Powered is announcing today that it has acquired Corona Labs, a maker of a popular game engine that is used to create two-dimensional mobile games and apps. The move will help Toronto-based Fuse...
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Otoy takes 3D graphics and virtual reality app development into the cloud
Otoy makes tools that artists can use to create stunning 3D art that looks as real as anything captured on film. The company recently launched its X.IO App Streaming service so that developers can...
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Unity nabs former EA exec for its chief financial officer (exclusive)
EXCLUSIVE: Unity Technologies has hired former Electronic Arts executive Mike Foley as its new chief financial officer, GamesBeat has learned. Above: Mike Foley of Unity Technologies.Image Credit: Mike...
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Unity Technologies ships its next-generation multiplatform game engine
Click here for all of GamesBeat’s 2015 Game Developers Conference coverage. It’s a little behind schedule, but Unity Technologies is triumphantly announcing today that its Unity 5 multiplatform game...
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Crossy Road earns $3M in revenue from Unity’s video ads
Click here for all of GamesBeat’s 2015 Game Developers Conference coverage. Crossy Road has been a big hit with a new generation of kids who never played Frogger, the old Konami game where a frog tries...
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Bring in the (mobile) clones
GUEST: Indie game development over the last few years has arguably sparked a new golden age of creativity and a diversity, especially in mobile. But for every game like 80 days or Framed, we have other...
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Zynga’s No. 2 exec Clive Downie joins Unity Technologies as chief marketing...
Zynga chief operating officer Clive Downie has resigned from the social gaming company and is joining Unity Technologies as chief marketing officer, GamesBeat has learned. Downie, the No. 2 exec at...
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Big developers betting on third-party engines for triple-A games
ANALYSIS: A new white paper by Unity Technologies, the creators of the Unity game engine, shows just how widespread the use of third-party engines for new titles has become. The paper, released this...
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Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney shares his vision for perfect augmented reality
EXCLUSIVE: Disclosure: The organizers of ChinaJoy paid my way to Shanghai. Our coverage remains objective. SHANGHAI — Tim Sweeney, chief executive of Epic Games, is one of the rare seers who...
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In the game engine wars, Epic and Unity aim at enabling VR
Epic Games and Unity Technologies are in a battle for the hearts and minds of game developers. At a time when game budgets are soaring — even for mobile titles — developers rely on the engine makers to...
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